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Vie de Marcus Crassus
Paperback
Publisher Price: $12.99
ISBN13: 9783988813718
Publisher: Prodinnova
Published: Sep 22 2023
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
... Suivant les auteurs romains, le seul défaut qui faisait ombre sur les nombreuses vertus de Crassus, c'était son avarice. Mais on peut dire que ce défaut, qui était à lui seul plus fort que tous ceux qu'il avait en lui, avait éclipsé tous les autres. Les plus grandes preuves que l'on donne de son avarice, ce sont les moyens qu'il employait pour acquérir, et l'immensité de sa fortune. Il ne possédait d'abord pas plus de trois cents talents1; et, dans la suite, pendant son administration politique, il consacra à Hercule la dixième partie de ses biens, donna un banquet au peuple, et distribua à ses frais à chaque citoyen du blé pour trois mois; et, malgré ces prodigalités, lorsqu'avant de partir pour son expédition contre les Parthes il dressa un état de sa fortune, il trouva que le total de ses fonds montait encore à sept mille cent talents. Et la plus grande partie de ses biens, s'il faut dire une vérité déshonorante pour lui, il l'amassa par le feu et la guerre; les calamités publiques lui furent une large source de revenus...
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